by Peter Griffith
Four tale-tellers sit on a bench and show us why the Irish are famous for their amazing stories!
Conal tells of a queen who wants to eat her own daughter, and a prince who has two wives…
Niamh tells of a huge giant who makes a hole in a mountain, and an even bigger giant who dresses up as a baby…
Dermot tells of a sack that can talk… and a magic cow-skin that makes money if you hit it with a stick…
And Sinead helps the audience to decide which story is best!
Photos of 'Irish Magic'
Extract from the script 'Irish Magic'
| Narrator: | Hudden and Dudden are rich farmers. They have lots of land, and lots of cows, and lots of money. |
| Dudden: | We are the richest farmers in Ireland. |
| Hudden: | But we are not happy, are we Dudden? |
| Dudden: | No, we are not happy, are we Hudden? |
| Hudden: | Because we could be even richer. |
| Dudden: | Yes, we could be even richer. Because between my farm... |
| Hudden: | ... and my farm... |
| Dudden: | ... there lives a nasty little man... |
| Hudden: | ...a very nasty little poor man called… |
| Dudden: | Donald O’Neary! |
| Hudden: | Donald O’Neary has only one little field... |
| Dudden: | ... and only one cow… |
| Hudden: | ... and no money at all. |
| Dudden: | But he is in our way! |
| Hudden: | We want his land, don’t we Dudden? |
| Dudden: | That’s right, we want his land – don’t we Hudden? |
| Hudden: | And we are going to get his land, aren’t we Dudden? |
| Dudden: | Yes, because we have got a plan. |
| Hudden: | A plan! That’s right Dudden! We have a plan! |